2024-05-17: News Headlines

News Desk, The Cradle. (2024-05-17). USAID Whistleblowers Accuse Biden Of 'Direct Complicity' In Gaza Famine. popularresistance.org Current and former officials from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the State Department say the White House has ignored months of internal warnings about the spread of famine in the besieged Gaza Strip, according to an in-depth investigation by the Independent. | "I believe the US to be complicit in creating the conditions for famine. Not only has our response been woefully inadequate, but we're actively responsible in large part for it," a USAID employee told the British daily. | Internal documents reviewed by the Independent show that staffers have repeatedly warned USAID administrator Sa…

Kit Klarenberg, MintPress News. (2024-05-17). Leaked Docs Reveal British Intelligence's Exploitation Of Palestinian Refugees. popularresistance.org Leaked files obtained by MintPress News detail the intensive interest taken in Palestinians both within and without the country by British intelligence operatives and Foreign Office-funded and directed cutouts over many years. Collectively, the material leaves little room for doubt that the British government has long sought to covertly surveil, infiltrate, and manipulate Palestinians for malign ends while exploiting their suffering to serve London's geopolitical objectives. | Throughout the Syrian proxy conflict, British intelligence ran expansive psychological warfare programs, targeting the local population an…

John Kiriakou, Consortium News. (2024-05-17). The Heroism Of David McBride. popularresistance.org Sometimes a whistleblower does everything right. He or she makes a revelation that is clearly in the public interest. The revelation is clearly a violation of the law. And then he or she is even more clearly abused by the government. It would be great if these stories always had happy endings. Unfortunately, they don't. | In this case, the whistleblower, the hero, Australian David McBride has been sentenced to five years and eight months in prison for telling the truth. He will not be eligible for parole for 27 months. | David McBride is former British Army officer and a lawyer with the Australian Special Forces…

infobrics (2024-05-17). "Ukraine is bleeding to death" – retired German general calls for a way out of Ukrainian conflict. infobrics.org Former Swiss intelligence officer says the US approach to Ukraine is noise before defeat.

Editor (2024-05-17). 'Consumers Win' as Supreme Court Rejects 'Radical' Attack on CFPB. scheerpost.com

John P. Ruehl (2024-05-17). Defending Privacy in the Surveillance State and Fragmenting Internet. counterpunch.org Following the reapproval of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) on April 20, 2024, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer proudly declared that "bipartisanship has prevailed here in the Senate." Despite the increasing rarity of bipartisanship in recent years, support for government surveillance continues to unite large majorities across party lines. Established in 1978, FISA allows government surveillance

Jeffrey Sterling (2024-05-17). A Whistleblower's Return to the World. counterpunch.org I had a palpable sense of nerves approaching the day I was to travel to Perugia for the International Journalism Festival. I was invited by Kathleen McClellan and Jesselyn Radack of WHISPeR who were invited to present on the impact of leak prosecutions on the free press. I was certainly honored to be asked, but those emotions of

Rhoda Wilson (2024-05-17). NHS' coordinated plan to break doctors and nurses who raise concerns about patient safety. expose-news.com Over the last few days, The Telegraph has been running a series of articles about NHS whistleblowers who have had their careers and lives ruined while trying to raise concerns over patient …

Germán Gorraiz López (2024-05-17). The CIA and the strategy of tension in Europe. pressenza.com The attack on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is suspiciously reminiscent of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald and the former Gladio network operating on European soil, new attacks on European territory with the unequivocal aim of sowing chaos through the so-called "strategy of tension" and finally provoking the direct involvement of NATO in a total conflict with Russia. | The Gladio network | Gladio( sword in Latin), was the name given to the "network of sleeper agents deployed by NATO in Italy and ready to take action in case the Soviets invaded Western Europe" and would be the allied force that would remain be…

UMMID (2024-05-17). After over 7 months, SC finds NewsClick founder's arrest illegal, void. ummid.com In a judgement pronounced Wednesday May 15, 2024 the Supreme Court of India ordered immediate release of NewsClick Founder and Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkayastha from jail.

UMMID (2024-05-17). Firebase Genkit, Lightweight Gemini and more: Launches at Google I/O 2024. ummid.com At the Google I/O developer conference Tuesday May 14, 2024, Google parent Alphabet released several updates across the Gemini family of Artificial Intelligence (AI) models, including the new 1.5 Flash which is a lightweight AI model for speed and efficiency and Firebase Genkit, an open source framework.

UMMID (2024-05-17). Google gives Gemini Nano a big intelligence boost. ummid.com At the Google I/O developer conference 2024, Google announced empowering Gemini Nano with a significant intelligence upgrade which will now detect suspicious calls and help the Android users avoid them.

greenleft.org.au (2024-05-17). Whistleblower David McBride sentenced, war criminals remain free. greenleft.org.au

newarab (2024-05-17). Greece arrests suspected criminal gang leader wanted by Turkey. newarab.com Greek police have arrested a Turkish national, the suspected leader of a criminal group wanted by Ankara for a range of crimes including manslaughter, Greek police and intelligence sources said on Wednesday. | Police acted on an international warrant and arrested the 29-year old man on Friday last week following an initial tipoff by the Turkish intelligence service. | The man was named…

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2024-05-16: News Headlines

Joe Lauria, Cathy Vogan, Consortium News. (2024-05-16). Whistleblower McBride Sentenced To Five Years, Eight Months. popularresistance.org A federal judge in Canberra, the Australian capital, has sentenced military whistleblower David McBride to nearly six years in prison for leaking classified material to the media that revealed Australian war crimes in Afghanistan. | Supreme Court Justice David Massop ruled on Tuesday morning local time that "only a prison sentence is appropriate," and handed down 68 months — 5 years and 8 months. | Consortium News' Cathy Vogan, who is inside the courtroom, reported that McBride "will go to jail until 2030. He is led out of the court by three policemen. A woman takes his dog."

Dave DeCamp, Antiwar. (2024-05-16). US Army Officer Resigns Over 'Unqualified' Support For Israel. popularresistance.org An Army officer working at the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has resigned in protest of the US's "unqualified" support for the Israeli slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza. | Maj. Harrison Mann posted his resignation letter on LinkedIn and said it was initially distributed within the DIA on April 16. In the letter, he said the DIA does not only "inform policy" but "facilitates, and at times, directly executes policy," referring to US support for Israel. | "The policy that has never been far from my mind for the past six months is the nearly unqualified support for the government of Israel, which has e…

Aidan Jonah, Orinoco Tribune. (2024-05-16). Source Reveals US Secret Services Enabled Jorge Glas Kidnapping. popularresistance.org A well-placed individual speaking on the condition of anonymity has informed The Canada Files that US secret services embedded in Ecuador — through spying on Mexico's embassy — ensured President Daniel Noboa knew of Mexico's plan to get former Vice President Jorge Glas to Mexico after granting him political assembly, enabling Noboa to order the illegal raid on Mexico's embassy and kidnap Glas. | The kidnapping of Glas, who has faced political persecution through Ecuador's judiciary since 2017, sparked international outrage as a blatant violation of the Vienna Convention and Mexico's sovereignty. Mexic…

MEE staff (2024-05-16). Israeli anti-Zionist academic Ilan Pappe interrogated by US intelligence on Gaza views. middleeasteye.net Israeli anti-Zionist academic Ilan Pappe interrogated by US intelligence on Gaza views | Professor says he was subjected to two hour interrogation and questioned about his ties to Muslim groups | | Ilan Pappe is a historian and University of Exeter academic known for his work on the Nakba (MEE) | Pro…

GABIK (2024-05-16). Six suspects killed in gun battle with KZN police. sanews.gov.za Six suspects killed in gun battle with KZN police | Six suspects were shot and fatally wounded and five firearms were recovered during two separate shootouts with KwaZulu-Natal police on Thursday. | KZN police spokesperson, Brigadier Jay Naicker, said four men, who were suspected to be behind a string of cash-in-transit (CIT) robberies in the province, were shot and fatally wounded in a shootout with police at Camperdown, in the Umgungundlovu District Municipality, in the early hours of Thursday. | "A team comprising police officers from various units, including the Hawks, gathered intelligence regarding the wher…

UMMID (2024-05-16). After over 7 months, SC finds NewsClick founder's arrest illegal, void. ummid.com In a judgement pronounced Wednesday May 15, 2024 the Supreme Court of India ordered immediate release of NewsClick Founder and Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkayastha from jail.

greenleft.org.au (2024-05-16). Whistleblower David McBride sentenced, war criminals remain free. greenleft.org.au

UMMID (2024-05-16). Google gives Gemini Nano a big intelligence boost. ummid.com At the Google I/O developer conference 2024, Google announced empowering Gemini Nano with a significant intelligence upgrade which will now detect suspicious calls and help the Android users avoid them.

UMMID (2024-05-16). Firebase Genkit, Lightweight Gemini and more: Launches at Google I/O 2024. ummid.com At the Google I/O developer conference Tuesday May 14, 2024, Google parent Alphabet released several updates across the Gemini family of Artificial Intelligence (AI) models, including the new 1.5 Flash which is a lightweight AI model for speed and efficiency and Firebase Genkit, an open source framework.

newarab (2024-05-16). Greece arrests suspected criminal gang leader wanted by Turkey. newarab.com Greek police have arrested a Turkish national, the suspected leader of a criminal group wanted by Ankara for a range of crimes including manslaughter, Greek police and intelligence sources said on Wednesday. | Police acted on an international warrant and arrested the 29-year old man on Friday last week following an initial tipoff by the Turkish intelligence service. | The man was named…

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